The project "Circular Economy makerspace" brings together operators and users of maker spaces in eco-design and material reuse to jointly contribute to sustainable product development.
In the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) makerspaces are vibrant hubs where inventors and entrepreneurs bring ideas to life. However, these spaces often struggle with sustainability, despite the growing need for a transition to a circular economy. Makerspaces lack the knowledge and infrastructure to adopt circular practices. The shift to circularity is costly and labour-intensive, making it hard to break away from cheaper, linear processes. The global climate crisis makes this transition even more urgent.
The project aim ir to enhance maker spaces to circular business principles in the BSR. The goal is to create a partnership of the BSR makerspaces to cooperate in bringing eco-design and material reuse in focus. Also to boost the circular economy by developing a digital circular collaboration tool. At least 300 makers will be trained and involved in the production of more circular products and at least 6 circular business ideas will be piloted.
The section "Circular spaces" of the platform and all the materials included in this section has been developed within the project No. #C024 "Circular Economy makerspace". The project is supported by the INTERREG Baltic Sea region programme 2021-2027 of the European Union.
